The consumer watchdog is closely monitoring airlines and says it would be "concerned" if they withheld capacity in order to keep airfares high.

The South Australian premier has comprehensively rejected the future use of nuclear power generators in Australia, saying the "completely uneconomic" technology had already been thoroughly investigated and dismissed.

Relatives of a 20-year-old woman who is fighting for her life after being hit by a police car say they are "shocked and distraught" after viewing CCTV footage of the incident. 

A 29-year-old German man is sentenced to five years' jail over the death of a sex worker on Boxing Day 2020 in Tasmania. Warning: This story contains details of strangulation.

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifts interest rates by 0.25 of a percentage point, taking the cash rate target to 3.1 per cent.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased the cash rate by 0.25 of a percentage point, now bringing the official rate to 3.1 per cent. Here's a breakdown of how the major banks have responded to the RBA's December decision so far....

It's been a brutal year for investors, with the cryptocurrency market losing more than a $1.6 trillion in value. 

Hillsong founder Brian Houston's court hearing is told a Sydney pastor tried to organise a meeting with Frank Houston and his alleged victim in the late 1990s. 

A New South Wales District Court jury took just three hours to find Timothy Engstrom guilty of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug.

Indonesia's parliament passes a controversial new criminal code that curbs many personal freedoms, including the right of unmarried couples to live together.

The Bureau of Meteorology's latest climate driver update offers some hope to flood-weary communities, with drier weather on the cards despite La Niña's likely persistence into January or February.

Nearly all of the Northern Territory is set to swelter through a heatwave 'emergency' later this week as temperatures build, triggered by a 'pseudo-monsoon' which last week dragged moisture away from northern Australia.

Scott Morrison was social services minister and treasurer during the time of the scheme. His lawyer says matters that are currently protected by a public interest immunity, which protects the workings of government, informed his decision-ma...

When the people of Eugowra woke on November 14 they had no understanding of the "waves of water" that were hurtling towards them. Before long they were running for their lives, rescuing each other and clambering onto rooftops.

Kirstie Alley, who also starred in Look Who's Talking alongside John Travolta, has died after a recent cancer diagnosis. 

Francesco Candido, 89, was walking along an Adelaide city street last year when a stranger punched him. He died in hospital two weeks later. 

James Morton Mason told police before he set a car alight, he moved his own property from his girlfriend Alexis Parkes' house to a vacant home nearby, and then "left immediately" after the fire took hold, the jury hears.

WA Police locate two young boys who went missing from Carlisle, in Perth's south, on Tuesday morning. 

Jordan Troy Savage will serve at least four months behind bars over the early morning assault at Noosa Heads late last year, which left a man unconscious. 

A Bureau of Meteorology decision to use community information officers instead of meteorologists for radio weather updates is bad for regional audiences, a senior ABC manager says.

A study of over 7,000 frontline healthcare workers shows one-in-10 had thoughts of suicide or self-harm during the pandemic.

WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing. The opening day of an inquest hears SA child protection authorities did not intervene in the 10 days before an 11-week-old boy died in "disgusting squalor" because one of its reg...

Waking up on the couch at an ungodly time, only to shuffle to the kitchen to fix yourself a snack of shredded cheese eaten straight from the bag? That's goblin mode, baby.

Russia says three of its military personnel were killed in drone attacks on two Russian air bases hundreds of kilometres from the front lines in Ukraine.

Gold continues to be the most sought-after commodity as mineral exploration in Australia reached record highs during the September quarter when more than $1.08 billion was spent.